Leon Opitz
{{Short description|German footballer (born 2005)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Leon Opitz
| image =
| caption =
| full_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|2005|4|11}}
| birth_place = Bad Oldesloe, Germany
| position = Winger
| currentclub = Werder Bremen
| clubnumber = 35
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = TSV Zarpen
| youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = SV Eichede
| youthyears3 = 2015–2016 | youthclubs3 = VfB Lübeck
| youthyears4 = 2016–2020 | youthclubs4 = Hamburger SV
| youthyears5 = 2020–2023 | youthclubs5 = Werder Bremen
| years1 = 2023– | clubs1 = Werder Bremen II | caps1 = 32 | goals1 = 16
| years2 = 2023– | clubs2 = Werder Bremen | caps2 = 3 | goals2 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2023 | nationalteam1 = Germany U18 | nationalcaps1 = 4 | nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 2023– | nationalteam2 = Germany U19 | nationalcaps2 = 3 | nationalgoals2 = 1
| club-update = 00:37, 21 April 2025 (UTC)
| nationalteam-update = 11:31, 21 May 2024 (UTC)
}}
Leon Opitz (born 11 April 2005) is a German professional footballer who plays as a winger for Bundesliga club Werder Bremen.
Club career
Opitz is a youth product of TSV Zarpen, SV Eichede, VfB Lübeck, Hamburger SV, and Werder Bremen.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/player/leon-opitz|title=Leon Opitz | SV Werder Bremen | Player Profile | Bundesliga|website=bundesliga.com - the official Bundesliga website}} On 20 April 2023, he signed a professional contract with Werder Bremen.{{cite news |last1=Bürger |first1=Malte |title=Nach Stippvisite im Profikader: Werder Bremen verlängert Vertrag mit Talent Leon Opitz |trans-title=After a flying visit to the professional squad: Werder Bremen extend contract with talent Leon Opitz |url=https://www.deichstube.de/news/werder-bremen-leon-opitz-verlaengert-vertrag-top-talent-alle-infos-transfer-wechsel-zukunft-vertragsverlaengerung-zr-92219379.html |access-date=24 August 2023 |work=Deichstube |date=20 April 2023 |language=German}} He made his senior and professional debut with Werder Bremen as late a substitute in a 4–0 Bundesliga loss to Bayern Munich on 18 August 2023.{{cite news |last1=Bürger |first1=Malte |title=Werder Bremen: Opitz feiert Bundesligadebüt – und erntet ein Sonderlob |trans-title=Werder Bremen: Opitz celebrates Bundesliga debut - and earns special praise |url=https://www.weser-kurier.de/werder/profis/werder-bremen-opitz-feiert-bundesligadebuet-und-erntet-ein-sonderlob-doc7rlgbaxxtwiq3rcpch8 |access-date=24 August 2023 |work=Weser Kurier |date=20 August 2023 |language=German}} He signed his first professional contract in early September.{{cite news |title=Leon Opitz unterschreibt seinen ersten Profi-Vertrag |trans-title=Leon Opitz signs his first professional contract |url=https://www.werder.de/aktuell/news/profis/2023/2024/pm-opitz-06092023/ |access-date=6 September 2023 |work=SV Werder Bremen |date=6 September 2023 |language=German}}
International career
Opitz is a youth international for Germany, having played up to the Germany U18s.{{cite news |last1=Bürger |first1=Malte |title=Auffallend engagiert: Werder-Talent Opitz macht in Österreich auf sich aufmerksam |trans-title=Strikingly committed: Werder talent Opitz attracts attention in Austria |url=https://www.deichstube.de/news/werder-bremen-talent-leon-opitz-macht-im-zillertal-trainingslager-auf-sich-aufmerksam-lob-potenzial-plan-entwicklung-bundesliga-92426392.html |access-date=24 August 2023 |work=Deichstube |date=28 July 2023 |language=German}}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 18 May 2024}}{{cite web |title=Leon Opitz » Club matches |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/leon-opitz/2/ |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=21 April 2025}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="4"|Werder Bremen II
|4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 2023–24
|5 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2{{efn|Appearances in promotion play-offs}} | 0 | 7 | 2 | |||
| 2024–25
|Regionalliga Nord |23 | 14 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 23 | 14 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!32 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 16 | |
| rowspan="3"|Werder Bremen
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24
|Bundesliga |3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 3 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!35 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 16 |
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References
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External links
- {{Soccerway|leon-opitz/677196}}
- {{DFB|390298}}
- {{WorldFootball.net|leon-opitz}}
{{SV Werder Bremen squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Opitz, Leon}}
Category:People from Bad Oldesloe
Category:21st-century German sportsmen
Category:German men's footballers
Category:Men's association football wingers
Category:Germany men's youth international footballers